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help with fish
Hi,
One of my older goldfish is displaying odd behavior and I don't know what to make of it. First he's swimming, alot, and he's wriggling like a worm, with seeming great effort to move about. He's skimming the surface and will mouth food, but doesn't seem to be able to take it in. Sometimes he keeps this up for 45 mins to 1 hr, then sinks to the bottom of the 2 ft area and just lays there. There are no signs of anything wrong, fins are up, scales good, eyes clear and gills are cherry. All the other fish are moving about but slowly kinda gliding along, staying in the shallows where it's warm from the sun. I've shut down the big filter/waterfall and pulled the basket filter from the 3 ft area. Plants are still green, lilies are cut and dropped water temp about 60. I'm afraid if this guy keeps swimming like he is he'll not make it thru the winter, he'll use all his reserves now and I'm not sure what to do. Any thoughts. Thanks Karen Zone 5 Ashland, OH http://hometown.aol.com/kmam1/MyPond/MyPond.html My Art Studio at http://members.aol.com/kmmstudios/K....M.Studios.html for email remove the extra extention |
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